RWU Athletic Facilities

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The athletic facilities at Roger Williams center around the 124,000 square-foot Campus Recreation Center, completed in 2003. The building serves as a hub for many student activities, including Student Programs and Leadership, the campus radio station WQRI, the Student Senate Chambers, and club offices, in addition to recreation facilities.

Athletic facilities within the building are highlighted by:

An 8,500+ square-foot fitness center on two floors
The Aquatics Center
Two multi-purpose dance studios also home to exercise classes
A central gymnasium that seats 1,200 for home events
One convertible racquetball/squash courts and one regulation squash court
The Field House, utilized for team practices, intramurals, and large tournaments

The campus’ athletic facilities extend outdoors, including:

The RWU Waterfront, the center for sailing and kayaking
The Richard L. Bready Mount Hope Bay Sailing and Education Center
Bayside Field, home to the soccer and lacrosse programs
Paolino Field, home to the softball and baseball teams
Two practice fields located on North Campus

Bayside Field

Constructed in the Summer of 2011, Bayside Field is now home to a $2.15-million turf field, with seating for 575, including more than 50 seat backs, state-of-the art environmentally sensitive lighting, a new scoreboard, and a press box.

Fitness Center

With a view of Mount Hope Bay from the second floor, the fitness center was designed to accommodate a wide range of individual fitness needs and interests. Cardio equipment consists of treadmills, cross trainers, upright bikes, recumbent bikes, and steppers, all by Lifefitness.

Broadcast Vision is offered on all cardio machines to help keep members entertained and motivated. There are also Pro Series 2 Selectorized machines by LifeFitness, and plate-loaded and free weights from Hammer Strength and LifeFitness.

Field House

The 21,250 square-foot Field House, which has a multi-function floor, is equipped with three basketball and volleyball courts, as well as two lined tennis courts. Encircling the courts is a two-lane jogging and walking track. In addition to athletic competition, the Field House is home to numerous special events on campus, including concerts, parties, and guest speakers.

Recreation Center Gymnasium

The Recreation Center Gymnasium provides an intercollegiate competition court for men's and women's basketball, women's volleyball, and wrestling dual meets. The gymnasium features a suspended floor, bleacher seating for 1,200, and a mezzanine overlook. A curtain divider on the main floor gives the facility flexibility for practice sessions.

Aquatics Center

Home to the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams, as well as recreational swimmers, the Aquatics Center hosts many swim meets with its eight-lane 25-yard pool. The center also boasts 1 and 3-meter diving boards, as well as a hot tub and sauna. With a capacity of 500, spectators can catch the action from the center’s mezzanine level. Utilizing state-of-the-art-timing systems, the Aquatics Center has hosted The Commonwealth Coast Conference Championship meet every season since 2007.

Dance Studio

Utilized by both dance and fitness classes, the building’s two dance studios were constructed with suspended floors to ease the stress on performers’ joints. The recreation center offers yoga, spinning, martial arts, aerobics, and other targeted exercise classes each semester.

Racquetball & Squash Courts

A popular activity at the Campus Rec Center, the racquetball and squash courts can be reserved by both novice and experienced players. Two courts have a convertible back wall, enabling the courts to be utilized for both racquetball and squash, while one court is dedicated solely for squash. Goggles and rackets are available at the fitness center desk.

Waterfront

Adjacent to the campus’ Bayside Apartments is the waterfront. The learning platform (pier) is used by both Marine & Natural Sciences and the sailing program, and also serves as base for recreational kayaking. The Athletic department supplies two tandem and seven single kayaks which may be reserved for use. The sailing team races and practices in the school’s 18 Flying Juniors (FJs), which are two-sail dinghies approximately 13 feet long.

Sailing Center

The Richard L. Bready Mount Hope Bay Sailing and Education Center provides a new home to RWU’s championship sailing team and a significant resource to the surrounding community within Rhode Island and throughout the New England region. This two-story 6,450-square-foot building features a wraparound viewing deck; a boat bay, repair area and equipment storage; a multipurpose room and classroom; locker rooms and showers.

This first fully donor-funded building on campus will facilitate competitive sailing, the maritime trades, environmental sustainability and public waterfront access for years to come.

Paolino Field

Directly behind the Campus Recreation Center is Paolino Field, with separate diamonds for the Roger Williams baseball and softball programs.

North Field

The North Field comprises the practice facilities for a host of Roger Williams Athletics teams, including men's and women's soccer, men's and women's lacrosse, and men's and women's rugby. Adjacent to the North Field are the Lower Fields, where outdoor intramurals games are held.

Cross Country races are held at Colt State Park on Route 114 in Bristol, Rhode Island.

Equestrian shows are held at Nora Harris Equestrian in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

Nora Harris Equestrian
100 Terminal Road
Portsmouth, RI 02878

Men's Golf practice and home tournaments are held at The Aquidneck Club in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

The Aquidneck Club
125 Cory’s Lane
Portsmouth, Rhode Island 02871